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Jack Kelly: Give Obama the potato test

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  • L Lost User

    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

    and no one mentioned either party, you assumed I meant something else entirely that no one mentioned

    Except the thread is about Obama [see his name in the title?], who is a Democrat and was not a leftist protester...

    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

    When we bail you out of Iraq

    Bail who out? I've never been to Iraq and I'm not too pleased the US is there right now.

    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

    will you repeat the mistake of blaming us for "losing"

    Show me where I repeated anything even close to that??!!

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    Mike Mullikin wrote:

    Except the thread is about Obama [see his name in the title?], who is a Democrat and was not a leftist protester...

    Just admit that you conflated leftists with Democrats and slink away, no one will remember in a week or so anyway.

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    • I IamChrisMcCall

      Mike Mullikin wrote:

      Except the thread is about Obama [see his name in the title?], who is a Democrat and was not a leftist protester...

      Just admit that you conflated leftists with Democrats and slink away, no one will remember in a week or so anyway.

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      Bite me

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      • L Lost User

        IamChrisMcCall wrote:

        Ha ha, get your history straight, Kennedy did not escalate Vietnam

        Wanna rethink?[^]

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        Are so you afraid to out-and-out lie that you don't have the balls to say what you really want to: That JFK lived until 1965???????? Surreal, you are the second person on the internet that blamed Zombie JFK for escalating Vietnam!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :-D :-D :) :) :( :( :sigh: :sigh: :(( :(( :(( :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

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        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

          Well, of course, I have no love for lefty politics. I hope they'll see the light some day.. :)

          -- Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit

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          DRHuff
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          So you hope for change? Vote Obama!

          I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Dave

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            So you hope for change? Vote Obama!

            I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Dave

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            I think he's full of snake oil, as are all the candidates in this election.

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            • I IamChrisMcCall

              Stan Shannon wrote:

              As a nation we have obligated ourselves to remain on a permanent war time footing

              Says you. Shove your war up your ass.

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              I was not referring to the current conflict, but to our entire history since WWII. For any practical purpose, we have been at war since December 7, 1941.

              Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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              • I IamChrisMcCall

                Are so you afraid to out-and-out lie that you don't have the balls to say what you really want to: That JFK lived until 1965???????? Surreal, you are the second person on the internet that blamed Zombie JFK for escalating Vietnam!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :-D :-D :) :) :( :( :sigh: :sigh: :(( :(( :(( :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

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                IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                Are so you afraid to out-and-out lie that you don't have the balls to say what you really want to:

                Let's check the facts! JFK took office in Jan 1961 and was killed in Nov 1963, he is responsible for the troop increases for the majority of 1961, all of 1962 & 1963 and probably some of 1964 (since these things are ordered many months before deployment). 1961 saw a 356% increase over 1960 1962 saw a 352% increase over 1961 1963 saw a 144% increase over 1962 1964 saw a 143% increase over 1963 Over the 15 year period (1959 - 1973), only 2 years (1965 & 1966) saw greater % increases. Despite the objections of Lodge and McNamara...

                IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                Surreal, you are the second person on the internet that blamed Zombie JFK for escalating Vietnam!!

                Sadly you're not the "first person on the internet" who can't do math.

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                  I think he's full of snake oil, as are all the candidates in this election.

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                  He's a politician - he has to be full of something - Hot air Bullshit Snake Oil Pick one and vote.

                  I'm pretty sure I would not like to live in a world in which I would never be offended. I am absolutely certain I don't want to live in a world in which you would never be offended. Dave

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                  • I IamChrisMcCall

                    Oakman wrote:

                    Most folks don't laugh at the concept of men dying, Vietnamese or American. Glad you were so easily amused.

                    Welcome to the internet, you big baby. If you can't handle irreverence, may I suggest greeting shoppers at Wal*Mart? They take everything real seriously.

                    Oakman wrote:

                    Do a quick study on the difference between North and South Korea.

                    That's not an answer to his question. Exactly what would we have had to have done to win Vietnam? You have no idea, do you?

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                    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                    Welcome to the internet, you big baby

                    Oh really? You wouldn't kid me now would you? People can get rough on the Internet and you think I need to know this?

                    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                    That's not an answer to his question. Exactly what would we have had to have done to win Vietnam? You have no idea, do you?

                    When it learns enough history to realise that JFK started the buildup in Vietnam, then it can come back and ask me questions. If I am in a mood to answer and if it asks very, very nicely, then I may answer.

                    Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                      IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                      Are so you afraid to out-and-out lie that you don't have the balls to say what you really want to:

                      Let's check the facts! JFK took office in Jan 1961 and was killed in Nov 1963, he is responsible for the troop increases for the majority of 1961, all of 1962 & 1963 and probably some of 1964 (since these things are ordered many months before deployment). 1961 saw a 356% increase over 1960 1962 saw a 352% increase over 1961 1963 saw a 144% increase over 1962 1964 saw a 143% increase over 1963 Over the 15 year period (1959 - 1973), only 2 years (1965 & 1966) saw greater % increases. Despite the objections of Lodge and McNamara...

                      IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                      Surreal, you are the second person on the internet that blamed Zombie JFK for escalating Vietnam!!

                      Sadly you're not the "first person on the internet" who can't do math.

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                      HA HA HA Dude you are seriously embarassing yourself! You have to one-vote my posts because you are not getting away with your deceptions. For those of you reading, here is the data (edited for brevity):

                      1962 11300 JFK
                      1963 16300 JFK
                      1964 23300 JFK/LBJ
                      1965 184300 LBJ
                      1966 385300 LBJ
                      1967 485600 LBJ

                      When Kennedy was killed, there were less than 20,000 US troops in Vietnam. By 1967, LBJ's administration, there were nearly half a million. Now who again is responsible for escalating Vietnam? Zombie Kennedy implemented the draft? Once again, slink away in shame, you lying sack of shit. Don't give me that % increase trickery. If this weren't such a hilariously hamfisted and incompetent lie, I might actually be angry, but instead I'm just amused that you tried, and then tried to defend it! Don't you know to quit when you're ahead? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                      • O Oakman

                        IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                        The left, through decades of grassroots protest,

                        Who told you that? Your 4F history teacher? Name me the decades (that's 20 years at a minimum, right?)

                        IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                        American left (of which I am proudly a part) was right all along,

                        Right about what? Right that too many white boys' asses were going to get shot off if they got drafted?

                        IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                        We either get blamed for "losing"

                        Quick History Test (Or lesson if you use Google) The Tet Offensive was a resounding victory for A. The VC; B. The ARVN; C. The NVA; D. The US Armed Forces. Edit added "D." which I accidently deleteted just before posting

                        Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                        Oakman wrote:

                        Name me the decades (that's 20 years at a minimum, right?)

                        The 1960s and 1970s. :confused:

                        Oakman wrote:

                        Right about what?

                        That the war was a losing proposition, unjust, and that, by association, you are a loser!

                        Oakman wrote:

                        Quick History Test

                        Quick history test: what does it feel like to be partly responsible for the US losing the first war since 1812? Of course you blame the hippies, you don't want to accept responsibility for your personal contribution to America's shame. Thanks a lot!

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                        • S Stan Shannon

                          IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                          Are you planning on thanking us for getting America out of Vietnam?

                          The only thing your side did was to turn a victory into a defeat. Just as you will do in Iraq.

                          Chaining ourselves to the moral high ground does not make us good guys. Aside from making us easy targets, it merely makes us idiotic prisoners of our own self loathing.

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                          Stan Shannon wrote:

                          The only thing your side did was to turn a victory into a defeat.

                          Yeah, if we had only killed 10 million Vietnamese, maybe we could have been ruler of a giant smoking crater. By the way, what would have been a "win" in Vietnam?

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                          • I IamChrisMcCall

                            HA HA HA Dude you are seriously embarassing yourself! You have to one-vote my posts because you are not getting away with your deceptions. For those of you reading, here is the data (edited for brevity):

                            1962 11300 JFK
                            1963 16300 JFK
                            1964 23300 JFK/LBJ
                            1965 184300 LBJ
                            1966 385300 LBJ
                            1967 485600 LBJ

                            When Kennedy was killed, there were less than 20,000 US troops in Vietnam. By 1967, LBJ's administration, there were nearly half a million. Now who again is responsible for escalating Vietnam? Zombie Kennedy implemented the draft? Once again, slink away in shame, you lying sack of shit. Don't give me that % increase trickery. If this weren't such a hilariously hamfisted and incompetent lie, I might actually be angry, but instead I'm just amused that you tried, and then tried to defend it! Don't you know to quit when you're ahead? :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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                            IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                            You have to one-vote my posts

                            I don't vote

                            IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                            When Kennedy was killed, there were less than 20,000 US troops in Vietnam.

                            When JFK took office there were 900 US troops. When he was killed there were 20,000. An increase of 19,100. In pure numbers that certainly pales in comparison to LBJ but it IS an increase. Escalate[^] by definition means intensify, step up (increase in extent or intensity). I listed 2 administrations that escalated Vietnam. Kennedy and Johnson. Again... how am I wrong?

                            IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                            Once again, slink away in shame, you lying sack of sh*t.

                            Nice attitude. I'll bet you're real popular at the rallies? :rolleyes:

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                              IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                              You have to one-vote my posts

                              I don't vote

                              IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                              When Kennedy was killed, there were less than 20,000 US troops in Vietnam.

                              When JFK took office there were 900 US troops. When he was killed there were 20,000. An increase of 19,100. In pure numbers that certainly pales in comparison to LBJ but it IS an increase. Escalate[^] by definition means intensify, step up (increase in extent or intensity). I listed 2 administrations that escalated Vietnam. Kennedy and Johnson. Again... how am I wrong?

                              IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                              Once again, slink away in shame, you lying sack of sh*t.

                              Nice attitude. I'll bet you're real popular at the rallies? :rolleyes:

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                              Mike Mullikin wrote:

                              I listed 2 administrations that escalated Vietnam. Kennedy and Johnson. Again... how am I wrong?

                              You know how exactly you're wrong, don't you? Claiming that Kennedy escalated Vietnam, when by the end of JFK's administration, the Vietnam war was nowhere even reasonably comparable in intensity to LBJ's Vietnam. That's intellectually dishonest. Especially considering that LBJ was part of Kennedy's administration! So, the only consistent factor in all troop-level increases (even the negligible increase under JFK) was LBJ. Not to mention, a troop increase to 16,300 is negligible in the face of a half-million fighting force. Put frankly, it is not honest to even mention JFK and "escalate" in the same sentence with "Vietnam", since the escalation was negligible and involved LBJ. That's how you're wrong, but you already knew that, which is why you had to try to lean on a technicality to get out of your lie. Vietnam was LBJ's war, not Kennedy's. The numbers make that obvious to anyone but a pædant. So, are you a pædant or a liar?

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                                The Tet Offensive? Irrelevant since the only question that matters is: Who won the war?[^]

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                                How pathetic do you have to be to comb through a thread and one-vote posts this obvious and innocuous?

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                                • I IamChrisMcCall

                                  Mike Mullikin wrote:

                                  I listed 2 administrations that escalated Vietnam. Kennedy and Johnson. Again... how am I wrong?

                                  You know how exactly you're wrong, don't you? Claiming that Kennedy escalated Vietnam, when by the end of JFK's administration, the Vietnam war was nowhere even reasonably comparable in intensity to LBJ's Vietnam. That's intellectually dishonest. Especially considering that LBJ was part of Kennedy's administration! So, the only consistent factor in all troop-level increases (even the negligible increase under JFK) was LBJ. Not to mention, a troop increase to 16,300 is negligible in the face of a half-million fighting force. Put frankly, it is not honest to even mention JFK and "escalate" in the same sentence with "Vietnam", since the escalation was negligible and involved LBJ. That's how you're wrong, but you already knew that, which is why you had to try to lean on a technicality to get out of your lie. Vietnam was LBJ's war, not Kennedy's. The numbers make that obvious to anyone but a pædant. So, are you a pædant or a liar?

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                                  Wow! You're mental. An escalation is an escalation, whether its 20,000 or 500,000. Only the degree changes. Why do you feel the need to protect JFK so much?

                                  IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                  The numbers make that obvious to anyone but a pædant. So, are you a pædant or a liar?

                                  Well since the numbers prove that I am right but you can't except it due to degree I'm gonna have to go with pædant.

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                                  • O Oakman

                                    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                    Welcome to the internet, you big baby

                                    Oh really? You wouldn't kid me now would you? People can get rough on the Internet and you think I need to know this?

                                    IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                    That's not an answer to his question. Exactly what would we have had to have done to win Vietnam? You have no idea, do you?

                                    When it learns enough history to realise that JFK started the buildup in Vietnam, then it can come back and ask me questions. If I am in a mood to answer and if it asks very, very nicely, then I may answer.

                                    Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    People can get rough on the Internet and you think I need to know this?

                                    Well you sure seemed to get your panties in a bunch, and that was no where near "rough".

                                    Oakman wrote:

                                    If I am in a mood to answer and if it asks very, very nicely, then I may answer.

                                    Oh, you're in "no mood" because you have "no fucking idea". It was a rhetorical question, not even McNamara could answer it. Please do us all a favor and take your offended feminine sensibilities and desperate need for respect and buzz off. Oh, I mean, please buzz off. :laugh:

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                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      Name me the decades (that's 20 years at a minimum, right?)

                                      The 1960s and 1970s. :confused:

                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      Right about what?

                                      That the war was a losing proposition, unjust, and that, by association, you are a loser!

                                      Oakman wrote:

                                      Quick History Test

                                      Quick history test: what does it feel like to be partly responsible for the US losing the first war since 1812? Of course you blame the hippies, you don't want to accept responsibility for your personal contribution to America's shame. Thanks a lot!

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                                      IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                      The 1960s and 1970s

                                      You really don't have any idea when the Vietnam war was, do you? Hint: It was over long before the end of the 70's.

                                      IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                      That the war was a losing proposition, unjust, and that, by association, you are a loser!

                                      Yeah, I met a couple of shitheaded pissant hemorrhoidal class acts when I came back to the states who talked just like that. One of 'em even thought he was going to spit on me.

                                      IamChrisMcCall wrote:

                                      what does it feel like to be partly responsible for the US losing the first war since 1812? Of course you blame the hippies, you don't want to accept responsibility for your personal contribution to America's shame. Thanks a lot!

                                      Why don't you go back to whatever it was you were doing and study up a little bit on how to insult someone. Right now you aren't even a Joshua wannabe and that's pretty low on the totem pole.

                                      Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                                      • I IamChrisMcCall

                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        People can get rough on the Internet and you think I need to know this?

                                        Well you sure seemed to get your panties in a bunch, and that was no where near "rough".

                                        Oakman wrote:

                                        If I am in a mood to answer and if it asks very, very nicely, then I may answer.

                                        Oh, you're in "no mood" because you have "no fucking idea". It was a rhetorical question, not even McNamara could answer it. Please do us all a favor and take your offended feminine sensibilities and desperate need for respect and buzz off. Oh, I mean, please buzz off. :laugh:

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                                        I do believe I am being harrassed. You seem to be strying to start a flame war with me - would you agree?

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                                          I do believe I am being harrassed. You seem to be strying to start a flame war with me - would you agree?

                                          Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface

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                                          Oakman wrote:

                                          I do believe I am being harrassed.

                                          I'm only replying to you after you reply to me, Oakster. You can't be harassed if you simply stop replying, like you promised you'd do. What, are you going to cry to the admins that you have a compulsion to get the last word in, even after you threatened not to? :(( :(( :((

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